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The Best Dividend Paying Restaurant Operator

The Highest Yielding Stocks From The Restaurants Industry Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Food store concepts are interesting growth opportunities. If they also pay good dividends, they should be a part of your portfolio. I analyzed the restaurants industry by the best yielding operator. Nearly 50 companies are listed of which 16 pay dividends. The average industry yield amounts to 2.4 percent; price to earnings ratio is 21.4.

Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) has a market capitalization of $6.54 billion. The company employs 180,000 people, generates revenues of $7,500.20 million and has a net income of $478.70 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $1,057.60 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 14.10 percent (operating margin 8.63 percent and the net profit margin finally 6.38 percent).

Financial Analysis:The total debt representing 30.16 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 85.16 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 25.00 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $3.26. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.28 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation:Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 15.61, Price/Sales 0.87 and Price/Book ratio 3.51. Dividend Yield: 3.40 percent. The beta ratio is 0.89.

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) has a market capitalization of $102.31 billion. The company employs 400,000 people, generates revenues of $27,006.00 million and has a net income of $5,503.10 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $8,351.70 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 30.93 percent (operating margin 31.58 percent and the net profit margin finally 20.38 percent).

Financial Analysis:Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $5.27. Last fiscal year, the company paid $2.53 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation:Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 18.97, Price/Sales 3.76 and Price/Book ratio 7.67. Dividend Yield: 2.82 percent. The beta ratio is 0.44.

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Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) has a market capitalization of $30.02 billion. The company employs 52,920 people, generates revenues of $12,626.00 million and has a net income of $1,335.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,443.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 19.35 percent (operating margin 14.38 percent and the net profit margin finally 10.57 percent).

Financial Analysis:The total debt representing 37.55 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 181.95 percent. Due to the financial situation, a return on equity of 77.61 percent was realized. Twelve trailing months earnings per share reached a value of $2.74. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.07 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Market Valuation:Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.83, Price/Sales 2.36 and Price/Book ratio 16.33. Dividend Yield: 1.76 percent. The beta ratio is 0.94.

Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 22.34 and forward P/E ratio is 17.69. The dividend yield has a value of 1.89 percent. Price to book ratio is 4.62 and price to sales ratio 1.07. The operating margin amounts to 9.66 percent.

I am long MCD, DRI. I receive no compensation to write about these specific stocks, sector or theme. I don't plan to increase or decrease positions or obligations within the next 72 hours.

For the other stocks: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I receive no compensation to write about any specific stock, sector or theme.

What is a Stock? Stocks (also called stock or share) are part of the capital stock of a company. It represents the original equity paid into the company. The capital stock could be traded at well-known stock markets like the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or NASDAQ.Every stock or share represents a partition ownership to the company. A stock owner has the ability to receive dividends and has a voting right for the annual general meeting (AGM). The stock owner participates on the business opportunities and risks.

There are two main stock types available: common stock and preferred stock. A common stock gives the shareowner the ability to vote at the annual general meeting and to receive dividends. A preferred stock has no voting right but for compensation, a higher claim for earnings and assets.

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What is a dividend? A dividend is a payment by the company to its shareholders. Normally, a stock pays 4 times a year a quarter dividend in order to participate investors at the company’s success. The amount of dividends in relation to the earnings of a company is called payout ratio. The figure measures the part of the earned money which is paid to the shareholders. A payout ratio of up to 50 percent (half of it's earnings) is a good figure. Sometimes it could be possible that companies can pay 90 percent of its net income due to its business model. Those businesses don’t need much money for growing.

The dividend amount in relation to the price that an investor pays is called the dividend yield. The value measures the return of the investor. A dividend yield of 5 percent (High-Yield) means that the investor receives 5 percent of his investment in cash - pretax within a year. This value is estimated for the full year dividends. Most of the highest yielding dividend stocks have only a big quarter dividend of more than one percent because of it's unsustainable dividends. The capital market expects a dividend dividend cut by the company.

An important date for investors is the ex-dividend date. This is the day on which the new investor doesn’t receive any dividend payments. He must wait 3 month for the next quarter dividend.

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